SAN BERNARDINO: Train stopped after hitting person on tracks (UPDATE)

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Metrolink's 334 Train to San Bernardino was stopped at 9 p.m. Friday night, April 4, after striking a person on the tracks, the passenger carrier reported in a Twitter message.

The collision happened near Cal State Los Angeles, Metrolink reported.

According to Los Angeles news media, coroner's officials identified the victim as 24-year-old Ismael Viramontes, 24, a Los Angeles resident. He died at the scene. It's not clear why he was on the tracks.

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